If you think there is gridlock now ...

Do you think that the gridlock, partisanship and animosity in Washington, D.C., is bad now? Imagine (I’m not wishing it) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dying in the next two years, giving Barack Obama the chance to reverse the right-wing 5-4 majority on the court.

Am I exagerating to say that the confirmation process would amount to civil war?